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September 15, 2013
CHP to sell some skilled nursing facilities
Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners plans to sell three skilled nursing facilities in Ohio and one in Indiana to a real estate investment firm, which will then lease the facilities to be operated beginning this autumn by Diversicare Healthcare Services.
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September 15, 2013
Crowe Horwath to buy majority share of CHAN Healthcare
CHAN Healthcare — the health care auditing and advisory business owned by Ascension and Catholic Health Initiatives — has signed a "letter of intent to combine resources" with the public accounting firm Crowe Horwath.
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September 15, 2013
Grant will help Presence Saint Francis Hospital promote colonoscopy
Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., is launching a campaign using $300,000 in grant money to encourage people to get screened for colon cancer beginning at age 50.
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September 15, 2013
CHP to transition about 670 employees to work with Parallon
Catholic Health Partners will transition 670 of its employees who currently support billing and insurance functions for its acute care facilities to work for Parallon Business Solutions, a provider of health care business and operational services, beginning Oct. 7.
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September 15, 2013
CHI subsidiary expands top telehealth offerings to new markets
A subsidiary of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives is drawing from the health system's successes in its telepharmacy program to expand and commercialize that and other virtual health services.
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September 15, 2013
Hickman packs food boxes for patients on restricted diets
Brenda Beard knows she should eat better as a step toward improving her health. The rural Nunnelly, Tenn., resident weighs more than 400 pounds and has type 2 diabetes, sciatica, difficulties walking and dental problems, she says.
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September 15, 2013
Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care launches academy
Tacoma, Wash.-based Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care is opening an academy to train clinicians to provide palliative medical care for patients with serious illnesses, said leadership involved with the effort.
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September 15, 2013
Alexian Brothers' bilingual therapists reach out to Polish Americans
When clinical therapist Margaret Myszka appeared at Polish-language Masses one Sunday last fall to tell parishioners at Chicago's St. Constance Church about a new bilingual counseling office she had established at the church, the response was immediate.
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September 15, 2013
St. Joseph's effort to improve health in Reading, Pa., includes group sessions with mothers-to-be
When Isel DelVillar had a prenatal visit before the May 3 birth of her second son, Jeriel Torres, she knew she would have plenty of time to discuss her concerns.
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September 15, 2013
Loyola center bridges care for cancer survivors returning to life's routines
In the months after Kari Harris completed her surgery and chemotherapy for breast can-cer, she realized the trauma of the disease and treatment had changed the way she experienced her own home.